I WRITE.....because
It seems that a lot, and I do mean a lot, of people write poetry. For example the Poetry Foundation out of Chicago receives 150,000 submissions each year and has almost 49,000 poems in their collection….and this is only one source. So one might ask why do people write poetry with so much competition to have their poetry read, and possibly published. I believe, my thoughts are, that it is a cathartic experience, a means of releasing pent up emotion regardless of whether your poem is understood, or even read. The fact that it is written, out in the open, somehow adds purpose to one's existence, "I think, so therefore I am". It definitely can’t be for wealth. Perhaps, it’s for notoriety, bragging rights…. Why do I write poetry, prose, nonsense? Probably, because it’s helps to justify my existence, and a means to answer questions that I wouldn’t ask anyone else. So, anyway, it is interesting why so many people write poetry, anything for that matter…… I Write I write becaus...
